| Suez Canal Album |
| On April 2, 2019 we entered the Suez canal on the way to the Mediterranean Sea. The canal is 106 miles long and took 16 hours. The canal was first opened in 1869. It was single passage until 2014 when a 2nd canal was dug and completed in 2015. |
| The Suez Canal |
| The Egypt side was green in many sections. |
| Where the new second canal was entered. It is used for the north bound traffic. |
| The south end of the Suez Canal is at 30 degrees N latitude which is 2070 miles north of the equator. It was about 80 degrees. Note that we went 9 mph. |
| The original canal traffic goes south. We were in the new canal going north. |
| The green objects on the shore are portable bridges set there by the Egyptian military. They can make a bridge in hours to cross over to the Sinai Peninsula. |
| At times there are canals dug to the other side. |
| There is allot of construction mostly on the Egyptian side. |
| People entertained themselves watching the shore go by. |
| They watched the container ships going south. |
| They watched the giant dredge ships going south. |
| And there were tiny rowboats going south in the north bound canal. |
| On the Sinai side there were walls and military bases. |
| The wall went on for many, many miles. |
| Heavy duty equipment was busy moving allot of sand. |
| But just sitting by the pool and watching the river just keep rolling along seemed the best. |
| Then we came to the 2.4 mile long Friendship Bridge. Note the wall on the Sinai side. |
| Friendship Bridge |
| Soon after the bridge we arrive at Port Said. Note the cattle and wall. |
| We leave the Suez Canal and enter the Mediterranean Sea. |